Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

v This is a noun , but it is being used as an explanation Congratulating / Congratulations for you on this happy day. ^ this is a preasent progressive verb a big no no when talking to someone about them When congratulating a person, tell them

English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

Hello, Pleasehelp, use 'sports' in front of a noun: 'a sports centre', 'a sports club'. In your example, 'sport' should be used (it is a mass noun in your case); it can also be used as a regular countable noun

Hi, 1. I walk and I do walking. What is the difference between these two? The latter is not very idiomatic. It sounds a bit like you are taling about your hobbies. 2. Drink milk before you go to sleep. and Drinking milk before sleeping

I can't seem to relate the verb usage to the noun usage. Somebody educate me. What part of the shot are we evoking? I can't make it work. I don't think it measures up to U/D's standards. Are we talking about a rape here? The player

Slang moves much faster than I do! There are probably more than a million people contributing to Urban Dictionary. Some contributions are accepted , some rejected . I suppose "slam-dunk" is itself a slang term, but the usage you propose

I think the original post was referring to possessives in general, not just 'him'. Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives . However, in many modern grammars they came to be called

hi , the following contents are copied from another forum (very interesting) they suggest that vacancy should be treated as a collective noun the logic for sentence 1 and 2 is correct the logic for sentence 3 is wrong part1 Vacancy should be

It doesn't seem quite idiomatic. When you speak of the weather, you're usually speaking of the weather outdoors. The change would be gradual, and surely not timed with your leaving the building. Perhaps you are getting colder as you leave